Analysis of I Why
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
I why to questions,
Unanswered.
Yes, I do.
Why not?
I also why to know,
Why some will follow.
A thunder stolen to allow,
Applause, bows and standing ovations.
Under a spotlight to steal scenes.
Performing their own show.
Yes I why.
Not to stop,
Use excuses, denial or alibis.
Nor pretend deceivers,
Are open wide eye liars.
I will why until,
My curiosity no longer leaves me to wonder.
Or guess why,
No one is left confessing,
A mess created...
Left for someone else to clean up.
To blame yet not given credit.
With name to give by that someone else.
Telephone number and their home address.
As if...
Being accustomed to be blamed.
Accused.
And then finding this done to be a necessity.
To protect,
Who, whom and the why of it.
I why.
Not to wonder or guess but to know!
What this power is to come from.
And I will why until I satisfy my curiosity.
Like a cat with nine lives.
But hoping,
Not to be a fool to use them all up!
Scheme | AX XX BBXAXB CXXAX XXCDXEX XXXXXFXX CBXFXDE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110 10 111 11 110111 11110 01010101 011010010 1001111 010111 111 111 1010010110 1011 1101110 11101 1010011011110 111 1111010 01010 1111111 11111010 11111111 10100111 11 10010111 01 0110111100100 101 1100111 11 111011111 11101111 01110111010100 101111 110 1110111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 932 |
Words | 220 |
Sentences | 27 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 6, 5, 7, 8, 7 |
Lines Amount | 37 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 100 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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